The President's Daily Brief
December 12th, 2024: Putin’s Humiliation in Syria & Biden’s Historic Migration Surge
12 Dec 2024
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We'll begin with a look at the fate of Russia's military bases in Syria. With Bashar al-Assad's regime toppled, questions are swirling around the future of the Kremlin's foothold in the Middle East, including critical naval and air bases. A new report from The New York Times reveals that under President Biden, the United States has experienced the largest net migration in its history—averaging 2.4 million people per year during his administration. Plus, the latest on massive Chinese military drills around Taiwan, with satellite images capturing a tense standoff between Chinese and Taiwanese vessels. And in today's Back of the Brief: The massive wildfire sweeping through Malibu, destroying homes and forcing widespread evacuations. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Blackout Coffee: https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll begin today's show with a look at the fate of Russia's military bases in Syria. They've got them.
With Bashar al-Assad's regime toppled, there are obvious questions about the future of the Kremlin's foothold in the Middle East, including their critical naval and air bases.
Later in the show, a new report from The New York Times reveals that under President Biden, the United States has experienced the largest net migration in its history, averaging 2.4 million people per year during his administration.
Plus, we'll bring you the latest on Chinese regime military drills around Taiwan, including satellite images capturing a tense standoff between Chinese and Taiwanese vessels. Ah, because with everything else going on in the world, what we really needed was more tension and potential conflict.
And in today's Back of the Brief, we'll take a look at the wildfire sweeping through Malibu, California, destroying homes and forcing widespread evacuations. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. As we've discussed here on the PDB, the situation in Syria has become a significant humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Beyond the loss of hundreds of Russian lives during the Syrian civil war, it also represents tens of billions of dollars in sunk costs. Adding to this loss of face internationally, the Kremlin must now deal with a pressing practical issue, what to do about its military assets currently stationed in Syrian territory.
As of Wednesday, four days since the fall of Putin's ally Assad, now living in Moscow under Putin's protection, Russian forces remained stranded at their Syrian bases, despite rumors that they were engaged in a hasty retreat.
Analysts say such an evacuation would be easy to spot, and that Russia would be loath to give up their military foothold in Syria, which serves as their most strategically important outpost in the Middle East. Russia has two military bases in Syria along the country's Mediterranean coast, a massive naval base in Tardis and an air base in the port city of Latakia.
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